direct-to-metal (DTM) coatings. Already
available in Europe, PLIOTEC HDT 12
provides superior adhesion to ferrous and
non-ferrous metals and excellent water
resistance properties.
OMNOVA’s new Hydrophobic
Dispersion Technology is an advanced
polymer architecture designed to create
a barrier to water, balancing low permeability with other critical properties such
as flexibility, gloss and color retention, and
adhesion. PLIOTEC HDT 12 already has
achieved significant commercial success in
Europe with OMNOVA customers.
In addition to being APE-free (
alkyl-phenol ethoxylate free) and not requiring
anti-corrosion pigments, PLIOTEC HDT
12 has other environmentally preferred
benefits including no added formaldehyde, low demand for coalescing solvents, and low levels of VOCs (Volatile
Organic Compounds).
PLIOTEC HDT 12 is recommended
for waterborne DTM paints and primers
used on metal and wrought iron, metal
sidings, and other architectural features
in residential, commercial, and light industrial applications.
Brookfield 2015
Catalog Introduces
New Instruments and
Accessories
Brookfield Engineering Laboratories has
released its new 2015 full-color catalog
with complete details on all product lines.
The 2015 Catalog introduces the new
DV1 Viscometer, Brookfield’s lowest-cost,
continuous sensing digital viscometer.
Additionally, enhancements to the top-
of-the-line RST Rheometer for quick, au-
tomatic gap setting on cone/plate models
are announced.
Several new and improved texture fix-
tures for measuring tablet strength, cheese
stringiness, and hair combability are fea-
tured. A new page devoted to software/
instrument options is included to help us-
ers of the DV1, DV2T, and DV3T choose
between Rheocalc T and Wingather SQ.
The New DV1 Viscometer features:
•An enhanced user interface with
three new “hot keys” for quick ac-
cess to spindle selection, test speed
and other functions.
• The choice to display parameters,
such as viscosity or torque, in a significantly larger font size.
• Six language options for the screen
display: English, French, German,
Russian, Portuguese and Spanish.
•The 2015 Catalog includes
Brookfield’s complete line of laboratory and in-line Viscometers/
Rheometers, Texture Analyzers and
Powder Flow Testers.
Ross Introduces SysCon
PLC-based Control Systems
Evonik Launches DEGALAN
VP P 34, a New Heat-Sealing Binder
Methacrylate binders from Evonik, marketed as DEGALAN, are designed to
offer multiple possibilities for the formulation of heat-sealing lacquers. They are
used in the sealing of yogurt containers
and pharmaceutical blister packaging.
The requirements placed on packaging coatings are high because packaging
substrates can vary widely, the company
said. Yogurt lids, for example, consist of
aluminum or plastic; these in turn must be
sealed to a variety of container materials
such as polypropylene (PP), polystyrene
(PS) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Evonik’s methacrylate experts have now succeeded in
developing a new generation
of heat-sealing bead polymers.
DEGALAN VP P 34 reduces the complexity of coating formulation enormously because only a single binder
is used and only one solvent is therefore necessary. The reason is that
DEGALAN VP P 34 is a bead polymer
that is easily soluble in ethyl acetate, a
commonly used, highly volatile solvent
for heat-sealing lacquer formulations.
DEGALAN VP P 34 based formulations can be applied directly on aluminum foil. A coating based on DEGALAN
VP P34 applied on aluminum foil and
sealed against PVC blister packs, has a
heat seal strength exceeding 7 N/15 mm
at a sealing temperature of 180 °C. For
yogurt lids sealed against PS this same
heat seal strength can be attained at a
sealing temperature of only 140 °C.
BASF Launches Next-
Generation PremAir
NXT Catalytic Coating
Technology
BASF has launched PremAir NXT, a
next-generation direct ozone reduction
(DOR) catalytic coating technology that
can help automakers meet new U.S. Tier
3 and California LEV III emissions reduction requirements.
When applied to automotive radiators, the PremAir NXT solution converts harmful ground-level ozone – the
main component of smog – into oxygen.
PremAir NXT builds on the success of
BASF’s standard PremAir coating technology, providing increased durability
and higher ozone conversion performance
over the lifetime of a vehicle.
“U.S. Tier 3 and California LEV
III regulations require automotive
manufacturers to meet more stringent
standards across their entire fleet, eventually achieving a fleet average of 30
milligrams/mile (approx. 19 milligrams/
kilometer) of Non-Methane Organic
Gases (NMOG) + Nitrogen Oxides
(NOx) emissions by 2025. In addition,
these regulations require increased performance and durability for the vehicle
emissions control system to 150,000
